Re: Secondary IDE slave

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From: Adam Kodeda [MS] (adamkod_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/21/05 

Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 10:40:50 -0800

Which version of Window CE are you using? 

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"cmello" <cmello@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:B38CC1E1-BF27-4227-BD05-BA03CFCAF7BE@microsoft.com...
> Hi Joseph,
>
> I need to use it as slave because the disk is a CompactFlash actually, and
> the motherboard doesn't allow it to be configured as a master. And, the 
> only
> available CompactFlash connector is hard-wired to IDE2.
>
> I started debugging and found that it actually works in a Debug build! Do
> you have any suggestions?
>
> Thank you a lot for the attention.
> Mello
>
>
> "Joseph Garibaldi" wrote:
>
>> hey...
>>
>>     do you actually require a master .. i mean can't u just have a system
>> with one disk configured as slave....
>>
>>      the standard does seem to say so...for instance, there are some 40
>> conductor cables laid out such that if you configure the DISK (single 
>> disk
>> config) to make use of CSEL, then it results into a single disk 
>> configured
>> as slave.
>>
>>      is there any implicit problem which i am missing ?
>> -- 
>> cheers,
>>
>> Joseph Garibaldi.
>> B'lore, India.
>> "cmello" <cmello@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:809A0A9F-B5B9-4752-8420-AB5E370360DE@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi Todd,
>> >
>> > Thank you a lot for the information.
>> >
>> > > Do you really mean it is on a "second IDE" controller?  Or, just the
>> second
>> > > device (slave) on the first controller?
>> >
>> > It may seem silly, but yes it is the SLAVE device in the SECOND IDE
>> > controller. This is because of a limitation in the embedded PC we are
>> using:
>> > the CompactFlash connector is hardwired to the SECONDARY IDE 
>> > controller,
>> and
>> > the CompactFlash used as far as I know only works as SLAVE.
>> >
>> > >  And, is there a master device on
>> > > the controller where you are trying to make this a slave?
>> >
>> > No, there isn't. I know this is a wrong hardware configuration, but the
>> same
>> > hardware is detected correctly by the BIOS, and works correctly with 
>> > DOS
>> and
>> > FreeBSD.
>> >
>> > Thank you a lot for the attention.
>> >
>> > Best regards!
>> > Mello
>>
>>
>>

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